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I just wanted to know if you could drop seeds for people you're invading or funny gimmick uses they have, somehow I wasn't expecting a three-ring circus in the comments. If losing invasions in Dark Souls is the greatest hardship in your life, I envy you

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if you don't want to get invaded just don't be embered bro
but I guess carebears can't fathom this idea because they need every crutch they can get to beat a computer script

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Reminder: If I’m in MY OWN world, and you invade me, you do NOT make the rules. Be as mad about it as you want; my ONLY objective is to survive. As an invader, you are an unwanted, uninvited guest in my world. An invadee has absolutely zero obligation to follow whatever arbitrary set of rules the invader has set. Don’t want 2v1 fights? Do red summon sign PvP then. You don’t have a right to complain that the guys playing through the game together ganged up on you when you intruded into their world.

Basically, invade if you want to, but don’t expect the people you’re invading to make it easy on you or follow your rules.

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I hate all you invaders. Until I get better… then I’ll hate all you people complaining about invaders

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the trees the last giant from ds2 wonder how he got to Firelink

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As an invader, even I agree these things last way too short

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Is it still possible to get this item now that the multiplayer is disabled? Need it for the iron set.

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If there was even a slight chance of spawn when invaded and increases each time then why I don't have a bunch of them while I've been doing PvP for over a year using Dried Fingers?

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People seem to use this wrong. Don't use it just to kill the invader- use it to trick enemies into chasing the invader, giving you an opportunity to pass by safely while both the enemies and the invaders are distracted. Of course, if the invaders are dumb enough to die to the PVE of all things, that's their fault.

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I'm mostly invader and I don't really mind this item. It has short duration and evading mobs isn't that hard. When I get invaded i use it mostly when red is ****ing around (dude, I'm not going to play hide and seek, come to me or get lost), or hides behind mobs like a coward (I don't mean hide and heal then go back, I mean refuses to fight 1v1). As a red it annoys me mainly when I'm solo against a gank and they also seed the world (like, seriously?).

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Is there any lore reason for why they can make enemies attack invaders?

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Use this against Londor Pale Shade's invasion in Farron Keep, and watch him get cursed within seconds. Then, you can return to Firelink and there's a good chance your seed is refunded at the tree. Also works for Farron Heysel, and most invaders in that area of the swamp.


Tsorig in the Catacombs (after you cut the bridge) can also get blendered by the skeleton horde while you stand safely on the other side, and Londor Pale Shade (again) getting mauled by dogs is poetic in its justice.

I love this thing.

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As an invader, you are a developer-enabled griefer. You intend to put a damper on my progress by invading anywhere outside of Pontiff’s backyard. And thus, I will put a damper on your enjoyment of invading.

If you try to invade me while I’m PvEing, I am 100% going to make you fight 2 blues AND every enemy around you as I sprint towards to fog gate to get more titanite slabs. You sign up to grief me you sign up to get cheesed lmao

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I occasionally do invasions but I wish they didn't nerf this, hostile mobs make invasions more chaotic & fun

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The real Dark Souls is this ****in’ comment section. Thanks for the entertainment!

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Sneed of a Giant Tree

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Please use seeds as much as possible. Bringing a giant train of monsters to where you’re turtling with your phantom buddies and watching you all get murdered never gets old.

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fromsoft hates invaders. this is your proof.

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Had an invader invader me dropped his health enough he ran to mobs and waited well guess who had this item

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Invade me

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is possible to obtain the seed whitout playing online? im playing the pirate version cus i dont got money to buy the steam version, at least for now...

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Just watched an invader at a distance use path of the dragon gesture beside 2 giants and get mauled after I used this seed

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Love using this against invaders who try to lure you into obvious traps/ They don't expect the mobs to suddenly target then and then they die.

Come on, I'm not going to run into your obvious traps. I know where the dangerous enemies are and I know you're trying to lead me into them.

And the number 1 rule of pvp in this game is never make the first hit too.

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this 45 sec thing bugs me so much. I'm fine with it being something you can only rarely use, but I'm terrible at PVP and this thing gave me that rare opportunity to stick it to an invader just once, before getting murked by the next 8 guys

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I wish you could drop it because the one time when it was basically mandatory (darkmooned to a host at the start of ringed city and the invader was just waiting in the midst of the archer ghosts.

And the host was running around like a chicken with his head cut off thinking the phantom would come to him. This is quite literally THE time to use your seed.

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I remember popping one of these and hiding from the invader with white branch while everyone atacked him, but that was back in the first months of the game, now this is unviable because it lasts 45secs

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I'm an invader - but I also play single player, the fact they nerfed this is beyond annoying with the amount of annoying running invaders.

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I'm a long time member of the FGC, so I know full well that players are well within their rights to use features implemented in a game. You can bet your ass though that I get a little ticked when a 4 man ganksquad spamming Straight-Sword R1's in non-parryable intervals pops a Seed when I'm understandably trying to use my ONLY advantage in an Invasion. In short: I respect the Seed, but not the Hosts that use them when they've already got ridiculously insurmountable odds in their favor.

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As someone who does a lot of PVP, if I invade someone and they use this I get happy because I feel like not enough people use it and it changes up the dynamic of the fight to something that doesn't happen often. Invaders who complain about this item just don't know how to win a fight with out ganking or spamming spells. Don't like it when fights are even now that mobs can also attack you as well as the host? Then Git Gud.

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Ohhh noooo a seeeed *lazily rolls literally everything as I've done two successful no hit runs*

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Used it on some scumbag in the ringed city who kept running and he got eaten by the effigy fatties lol

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45 seconds?! Makes the damn things nearly useless..

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I nearly have 300 of these

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When the 3 or 4 man gank seeds

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Pretty sure the drop can be triggered from other events too. I recall having runs when it has just dropped me one even when I haven't been invaded at all.

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Anyone else just come here for the salt?

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I think it was safe to get them with cheat engine, when they were tradeable. Does anybody know if it is still safe or will it result in a ban now, since they are not tradeable anymore? Not that I would do that, just curious.

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All is fair in love and war

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I wish you could trade this. :(
Invade as a Mound-Maker, cast Warmth near the host and then give them seeds to prove you are there just to help and kill invaders.

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Execute Order 66

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Man I think I ran into hacker, I waited in an area with no pve and waited like 15 minutes because he kept popping these smh hate hackers. Ended up just using the black crystal.

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okay, next time I'm on another ng+ I'll just pop it in anor londo if invaders come while I'm still dealing with the drang gank duo...


what, you mad because you and your other aldrich faithfuls couldn't 5 person gank me with the npcs?

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Invaders have the nerve to be salty, after literally "invading" your world? LOL

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OK OK I understand being upset at a host who uses this, but hear me out: I got my SL45 all the way to NG++ with only +4 weapons so when I get invaded they have to deal with NG++ enemies. It's my build, bro!

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Invasion is not a duel, there is arena for 1v1. When you invade, you will use everything available trying to kill me then of course I will use everything available trying to kill you, simple as that. No one invited you to my world dude.

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Using seeds is a great way to demonstrate...
...the toxicity of this community- COMM - UN - IT - Y!

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I can get why people would be frustrated when a host uses this and they have a full set of phantoms but if they're fighting you 1v1 and you run off it's entirely fair game.

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It doesn’t work on hodrick for some reason. I got invaded be4 reaching the bonfire by the tree boss. So I teleported back to the main bonfire to get the seed and use it against him. It had no effect. Not even the giant archer noticed.

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You come to my world, my rules.
Want to fight? Ask nicely for it with an emote or get ganked.

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Disclaimer the seed only works for hostiles that are already in your world. If you invade after this is cast only the already established invaders will be susceptible to mob attacks. Happened a couple times invading as a mad phantom.

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If u use this in the ringed city I’m bringing Mr.Dragonslayer armor to you and your gank squad

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Who uses theese better give them pickle pee for solarie armor bracelts

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I mean, the second the host pops this I'm gonna kite the enemy to them. I've even got two vids of me doing this in anor londo :I

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The moment when the host, that's been hiding behind phantoms for the past five min, pops a seed. FIGHT ME LIKE A MAN DAMN IT!

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>Hosts crying about invaders hiding behind mobs >Invaders crying about hosts not coming to them to fight Stop whining. Invaders are supposed to play dirty. Git gud or die trying.

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I love seeing an invader get rekt by mobs after running away like a *****. Don't invade and run away, such a coward thing to do. Pisses me off.

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Can only the host use this? I would love to invade, help the host wiping some enemies, get him to next bonefire and then attempt to kill him/her

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Im sorry ive played darksouls for years i know people do dumb stuff, but if you cant handle 1 or 2 people when your invading dont invade. Dont be a child and kite people into enemies its annoying i just sit and wait with my friend we will sit there for HOURS if it takes. Be a grown up. Dont like seeds? Then stop invading and kiting into things.

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I used one of these when an invader was sniping at me while using obscuring ring, standing in the archer area in ringed city. Needless to say, he died.

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can this be sold to the handmaiden? because if so, as long as you have a very patient friend, this has potential to be abusable for free souls

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Only one should be able to be carried at a time, makes the game so unbalanced towards defenders. The single advantage invaders have can simply be taken away by anyone who knows to use this.

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Ive been trying to farm one of these but didn't get a single drop the whole day. Both npcs and red signs. Any advice?

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I'm going to incite a lot of salt with this comment but I don't care. You can essentially trade embers for seeds by just dying to NPC invaders over and over, and going back to check the tree after every invasion. The drop rate is very high, haven'y tested it extensively but the number of invasions by the same NPC doesn't seem to affect it. Alva is great invasion for this since he spawns right near a bonfire. Speaking of Alva, if you don't mind the long run from the Ringed City bonfire, you can get seeds without investing embers because Seeker of the Spurned invades whether you're embered or not.

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Please keep on invading at High Wall of Lothric on my NG+ cycles. All it does is pad my supply of Seeds because I know I won't need to use one there. Seriously though, last 3 cycles, like within a minute of spawning behind the door at the start area, I get invaded. What is it with this area that makes it so popular for invaders? Is it the fact that they don't get to invade players there in their NG cycle?

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If an invader tries to lure me to an enemy mob, I use one of these and laugh at the coward getting pummeled.

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"Waah why was this nerfed?! Even with three phantoms, more health, and more estus, I still can't kill invaders!!! Waaaaaah" - every scrub in this comment section

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Is there any way to tell your host to use this? I've gotten Blue'd into Irithyll dungeons too many times and the Jailers make it way too easy for the invader to 1v3 and I just need 10 of these stupid ranks for the ring

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All the damn gankers on here complaining about the time nerf, if we could get some 1v1s instead of always getting ganked by cowards who could play the game without their phantoms, we wouldn't run away so much.

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I returned to Dark Souls 3 and just discovered the seed was not working anymore... and I saw there was a patch with that 45 seconds... that's really sad because it was a funny item. Now, coward invaders just hide for 45 seconds and come back. All invaders I get are like "take damage, run, heal, take damage, run, heal..." that's very tiring.

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Was on my way to collect my slab after Midir and got invaded while fighting the ringed knight before the harolds. Popped a seed and let the knight smack the invader along with the turtle monk. Dude ran away, came back healed and then i charged my dragon slayer axe weapon art and one shot the dude... 10/10 would dark souls again...

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That’s a foul vagina. Indeed.

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Does the seed drop from the tree again?

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I agree with most that 45 seconds is way to little time. I could respect that if these were items that you could simply buy, that would be totally reasonable, as you could have 100s stored in your inventory and not be afraid to use all 3 in the course of an invasion where, like most invaders, intentionally invade areas were there are strong and plentiful enemies. But even if the drop rate was 100% for every invader, these would still be very scarce. 45 seconds of level playing field seems to be a poor reward for killing invaders.

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To those complaining that the seed doesn't last long enough, you need to quickitem or toolbar it and pop it the moment an invader runs to some mobs for protection. You want to pop it the moment you get the invasion message? That's just lazy.

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Maybe the drop rate was 10% back in 2016, but now it appears to be 100%. I started a NG recently, and I've gotten a seed literally each and every time I've been invaded. This includes NPC invaders.

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I just want Solaire's gear :'c

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45 seconds is *****ing useless.... should last until all phantoms are gone from your world. Reduce its drop rate significantly to balance.

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45 seconds ? Ruined the whole concept people run away and hide all the time. Thanks From

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nerfed***** now :(

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I notice I can get 1 seed after every boss kill.

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I just wish i could get a guaranteed drop so i could get sunbro set.

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Probably the most powerful tool in the game when used properly. Most invaders run away into mobs when they start losing. So this is the best way to deal with those cowards, especially healing invaders who run away and heal/buff behind a bunch of mobs. The way too get them is a little bit too hard though. I had to keep hopping all over the place summoning phantoms and using the fingers just to get one, but honestly that's the only problem I have with them. (i dont gank btw, my friends just kill themselves when i get invaded while farming, i have honor)

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Invaders Must Die

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if the invader is a NPC it counts to the harvest of the seed ???

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Always thought it was ridiculous that invaders were impervious to enemies anyways. If you summon a friend to help you and enemies can hit him, they should be able to hit invaders anyways. Dumb mechanic that takes a lot of the risk out of it for invaders. I used this on some a** wipe the other day and it worked great, could totally tell he wasn't expecting it. Can't believe I just discovered it and will be using it a lot more often now.

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So theres a time limit on them now. Welp RIP watching invaders getting shredder by mobs

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what the hell when did they stop being tradeable, I was literally trading them to my friend like 3 monthes ago now I cant... sneak patch?

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Found a neat trick that saves time to harvest those, just speak to patches to dissipate the fog instead of going all the way to Ludex bonfire and walking back. -Lewd

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If only Maldron would show up...

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I wish these didnt have a limited time because i just want to Explore the the places with My friend but the area Bosses are dead /:

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Everyone keeps complaining about how deadly these can be in invading. If you think I'm NOT going to swap it out for the sunbro armor, you're nuts.

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Why does everyone assume the host has full estus 9/10 I get invaded with 1-2 +2 estus and 20% damage reduction from armor, vs a guy with 5-6 +8-10 estus and 30%+damage mitigation better weapons Hornet ring parry fishing for a 1 hit bobbing in and out of mobs. I only have ~1500 hp this invader ( "with less estus and hp...." ) has ~3000 hp with estus. And better weapons most often. Fair....? They just pick me down cus I heal !/3 hp with a flask and he heals 4/5 his hp with one. This might have been an inssue in higher levels, but this just fks people at low levels trying to deal with all these people that had their friends trade them end game loot to make noobs not have any chance. 45 Seconds is terrible, especially with early game enemys. Not everyone get invaded with 2 phantoms and 2 darkmoon vs 1 invader. I pity you for what you had to deal with but this made it impossible to really use in a 1v1

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the fact these only last for 45 seconds now is bs why even have it or use it then if its only for 45second that's 45 seconds of invaders hiding

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I suck at dark souls pvp, but i dont need to use these. I'd rather "git gud" than to puss out. :V

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Yes because we need another reason not to invade. Being outnumbered and having half Estus wasn’t enough.

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Ah Seed of a Giant Tree. For all of FromSoftwares terrible decisions on patches. They did outstanding with this. I am glad it was nerfed and it is now more advantageous for invaders. Anyone who thinks it shouldn't of been nerfed has never been on the other side of a Gank squad using these! Hush up!

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Does this work if you're running a fight club with red sign soapstones?

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Wish there were more of these, when I have them, I love to use them when the invader starts losing and runs into a large mob hoping the npcs will kill me or make the fight harder for me... Jokes on them

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admit it, you only have this to praise the sun

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Another bit of information on the seeds. You also have a chance to get seeds every time you go into the spear of the church fight. Since you are technically invaded by another player it counts towards the seeds.

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